Ian Brodie (journalist)
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Ian Ellery Brodie, OBE
(23 March 1936 – 8 May 2008) was a British journalist, foreign correspondent
and author. From 1986 to 2001 he worked in the Washington
bureau
x of The Daily Telegraph
and then The Times
.
. After leaving school at 16, Brodie joined the Luton News. Following national service he worked for the Daily Sketch
and then the Daily Express
. Promoted to deputy foreign editor, he was moved through positions in Moscow, Southeast Asia and the United States. After returning to England as foreign editor of the Daily Express, he became the last editor of the Scottish Daily Express until it closed in 1974.
In 1975 Brodie moved to Los Angeles and reported for The Daily Telegraph. A resident of Topanga, Brodie invested in local paper The Topanga Messenger and remained as its publisher until his death.
In 1986 Brodie became bureau chief in Washington for The Daily Telegraph, moving on to The Times Washington bureau in 1993. During this time he co-authored the book Learning to Sail.
In 1994 Brodie was awarded an OBE for services to journalism.
Brodie retired in 2001 after suffering a stroke.
Order of the British Empire
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(23 March 1936 – 8 May 2008) was a British journalist, foreign correspondent
Foreign correspondent
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and author. From 1986 to 2001 he worked in the Washington
Washington, D.C.
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bureau
News bureau
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x of The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
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and then The Times
The Times
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.
Career
Brodie was born in Bath, but raised in LutonLuton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
. After leaving school at 16, Brodie joined the Luton News. Following national service he worked for the Daily Sketch
Daily Sketch
The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper, founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton.It was bought in 1920 by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mirror Newspapers but in 1925 Rothermere offloaded it to William and Gomer Berry The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper,...
and then the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
. Promoted to deputy foreign editor, he was moved through positions in Moscow, Southeast Asia and the United States. After returning to England as foreign editor of the Daily Express, he became the last editor of the Scottish Daily Express until it closed in 1974.
In 1975 Brodie moved to Los Angeles and reported for The Daily Telegraph. A resident of Topanga, Brodie invested in local paper The Topanga Messenger and remained as its publisher until his death.
In 1986 Brodie became bureau chief in Washington for The Daily Telegraph, moving on to The Times Washington bureau in 1993. During this time he co-authored the book Learning to Sail.
In 1994 Brodie was awarded an OBE for services to journalism.
Brodie retired in 2001 after suffering a stroke.